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• Wish it existed

  setting to make audio and video opt in per site

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  I wish there was a setting to make audio and video opt in per site.

  account42 · Nov 3, 2026in “uBlock Origin filter to block autoplay videos in TechCrunch”

• Wish it existed

  book "The Tales of Software from 1969 to 2026

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  There should be a book "The Tales of Software from 1969 to 2026.

  kristianpaul · Oct 14, 2026in “Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: experts”

• Wish it existed

  mechanism that the reader transforms p1

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  But maybe there should be a mechanism that the reader transforms p1.x to (. x p1), in the same way that it transforms 's into (quote s).

  fweimer · Sep 28, 2026in “What makes Lisp difficult to read?”

• Someone should build

  browser extension to label HN posts with Pangram results of the top 100 posts, so I don't waste my time reading crap

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  Someone should make a browser extension to label HN posts with Pangram results of the top 100 posts, so I don't waste my time reading crap.

  duhhhhh1212 · Sep 5, 2026in “The revolt of the reader”

• Wish it existed

  no tech version of hackers news for this type of content only

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  > I wish there was a no tech version of hackers news for this type of content only

  magneticnorth · Aug 29, 2026in “Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?”

• Wish it existed

  no tech version of hackers news for this type of content only

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  I wish there was a no tech version of hackers news for this type of content only

  animan · Aug 29, 2026in “Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?”

• Wish it existed

  way to delete shorts from youtube and have only long form videos available in the app

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  I wish there was a way to delete shorts from youtube and have only long form videos available in the app.

  jcmoscon · Aug 26, 2026in “Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children”

• Wish it existed

  repository of every book that was already digitized (it pains me this is the best solution), there isn't one and so I think this is not a real problem

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  While I wish there was a repository of every book that was already digitized (it pains me this is the best solution), there isn't one and so I think this is not a real problem.

  joshstrange · Aug 17, 2026in “We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility”

• Wish it existed

  website or something that would help me know who everyone is" (we didn't have physical face books in the UK) and then a year later thefacebook turned up

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  I was at uni when it started and I vividly remember thinking "I wish there was a website or something that would help me know who everyone is" (we didn't have physical face books in the UK) and then a year later thefacebook turned up.

  IshKebab · Jul 28, 2026in “Substack writers, you need a website”

• Would pay for

  service that offered this (same for movies) but a combination of licensing, IP protection etc don't allow that to happen

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  I suspect people would pay for a service that offered this (same for movies) but a combination of licensing, IP protection etc don't allow that to happen.

  alexpotato · Jul 16, 2026in “The lost joy of music piracy”

• Looking for

  turns ebooks into a single infinite scroll longform article with intuitive bookmarking and easy book purchase/discovery

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  Is there an app that turns ebooks into a single infinite scroll longform article with intuitive bookmarking and easy book purchase/discovery?

  sillyfluke · Jul 14, 2026in “No Spanish reading crisis?”

• Wish it existed

  global registry for books written by generative AI and sold under the name of a "real" (probably non-exisiting) author

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  There should be a global registry for books written by generative AI and sold under the name of a "real" (probably non-exisiting) author.

  antfarm · Jul 14, 2026in “Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles”

• Wish it existed

  audio-first flashcard app that changes up the example sentences every time

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  For language learning, I wish there was an audio-first flashcard app that changes up the example sentences every time.

  hintymad · Jul 10, 2026in “A love letter to flashcards”

• Wish it existed

  more such successful "craftsman shops" out there than soulless "service providers" that today's video game companies are

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  I wish there were more such successful "craftsman shops" out there than soulless "service providers" that today's video game companies are.

  dartharva · Jul 1, 2026in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%”

• Someone should build

  extension that clarifies everything, kind of like the anti-enshitification extensions for youtube

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  Someone should make an extension that clarifies everything, kind of like the anti-enshitification extensions for youtube.

  Cider9986 · Jun 12, 2026in “Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher”

• Wish it existed

  way to stop it from ever appearing as spotlight result - when I type ‘music’, the first result (always) should be the music app I use, not their stuff

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  I wish there was a way to stop it from ever appearing as spotlight result - when I type ‘music’, the first result (always) should be the music app I use, not their stuff

  dlev_pika · Jun 8, 2026in “Stop the Apple Music app from launching”

• Someone should build

  free streaming service that’s only AI music

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  Someone should make a free streaming service that’s only AI music.

  bilsbie · May 1, 2026in “Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI”

• Wish it existed

  way to add books to a ‘shelf’ (a collection, which you can sync to a device) without having to open each book and add

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  I wish there was a way to add books to a ‘shelf’ (a collection, which you can sync to a device) without having to open each book and add.

  lostlogin · Apr 18, 2026in “Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th”

• Someone should build

  site for literature, music, art, etc

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  Someone should make a site for literature, music, art, etc. that uses a filter to exclude anything from New York.

  api · Mar 21, 2026in “The Story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay (2020)”

• Why is there no

  electronic version of this book

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  Why is there no electronic version of this book?

  thomassmith65 · Feb 27, 2026in “This time is different”

• Looking for

  preserves the audio

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  Is there a tool that preserves the audio?

  baxtr · Feb 16, 2026in “Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue”

• Wish it existed

  similar way to make, edit and upload videos useing nothing but a cheap phone

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  it breaking, not that it fusses me as watching vids is a very low priority for me, though sometimes a video that tells me which wire to cut first, is invaluable and has saved my sorry ass.Which sometimes I wish there was a similar way to make, edit and upload videos useing nothing but a cheap phone.

  metalman · Feb 15, 2026in “NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed”

• Wish it existed

  feed of “Recently added blogs” linked right on the home page

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  There should be a feed of “Recently added blogs” linked right on the home page!

  philgyford · Feb 14, 2026in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

• Looking for

  allows you to easily create RSS feeds for websites without them

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  Is there a service that allows you to easily create RSS feeds for websites without them?

  geoffeg · Feb 12, 2026in “NetNewsWire Turns 23”

• Someone should build

  parody video game called Rouge Trader

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  Someone should make a parody video game called Rouge Trader.

  DerekL · Jan 23, 2026in “How Warhammer became one of Britain’s biggest companies”

• Wish it existed

  to help founders spot real product pain without spending hours reading forums

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  I built a small tool called I Wish There Was to help founders spot real product pain without spending hours reading forums.

  Max_bignolet · Jan 11, 2026in “A tool that clusters real user pain from public forum posts”

• Wish it existed

  RSS feed so I can follow their blogs

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  I wish there was an RSS feed so I can follow their blogs.

  panos_news · Jan 11, 2026in “I build products to get "unplugged" from the internet”

• Someone should build

  version of the Hacker News homepage that is just LLM extracts of key article details like this

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  Someone should make a version of the Hacker News homepage that is just LLM extracts of key article details like this.

  CSSer · Jan 6, 2026in “A 30B Qwen model walks into a Raspberry Pi and runs in real time”

• Wish it existed

  extension that did that magically for random blogs

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  I wish there was an extension that did that magically for random blogs.

  notepad0x90 · Dec 2, 2025in “Beej's Guide to Learning Computer Science”

• Would pay for

  Youtube if it was a video hosting service straight and honest, connecting creators and viewers, and not an opinionated platform moderated into nannies

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  I would pay for Youtube if it was a video hosting service straight and honest, connecting creators and viewers, and not an opinionated platform moderated into nannies.

  yason · Nov 26, 2025in “What you can get for the price of a Netflix subscription”